Resource Exhaustion Affecting mingw32-glib2-static package, versions <0:2.78.0-1.el9


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on Oracle Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.38% (32nd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ORACLE9-MINGW32GLIB2STATIC-6813214
  • published8 May 2024
  • disclosed14 Sept 2023

Introduced: 14 Sep 2023

CVE-2023-32611  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-400  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Oracle:9 mingw32-glib2-static to version 0:2.78.0-1.el9 or higher.
This issue was patched in ELSA-2024-2528.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream mingw32-glib2-static package and not the mingw32-glib2-static package as distributed by Oracle. See How to fix? for Oracle:9 relevant fixed versions and status.

A flaw was found in GLib. GVariant deserialization is vulnerable to a slowdown issue where a crafted GVariant can cause excessive processing, leading to denial of service.

CVSS Base Scores

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